Climate averages 1991–2020
Petare weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Petare: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caracas (8 km away). In April its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Petare, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Petare ranks 52nd of 65 for the warmest April highs and 35th of 65 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 65 cities is 30.8°C; Petare is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Petare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 61 | 15.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 52 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 54 | 12.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 96 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 124 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 128 | 23.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 152 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 154 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 179 | 25.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 172 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 89 | 19.6 | 11.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Caracas in AprilVenezuela · 8 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Baruta in AprilVenezuela · 9 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Guarenas in AprilVenezuela · 21 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Guatire in AprilVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Los Teques in AprilVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in AprilVenezuela · 31 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Cúa in AprilVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in AprilVenezuela · 40 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 113 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Petare) is explained once on the Petare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.